Atlas of the New Zealand Wars. Volume one, 1834-1864 : early engagements to the second Taranaki war / Derek Leask.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leask, Derek, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Zealand--History--New Zealand Wars, 1843-1847.

New Zealand.

New Zealand--History--New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872.

Māori (New Zealand people)--History--19th century.

Māori (New Zealand people).

New Zealand--Historical geography--Maps.

New Zealand--History--19th century--Maps.

Physical Description:

384 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm + 1 map (folded 25 x 9 cm)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"In the Atlas of the New Zealand Wars, five decades of maps and plans from 1834 to 1884 provide remarkable new insight into the deep conflicts running through nineteenth-century Aotearoa. Beginning with early skirmishes off the Taranaki coast and at the Chathams, Volume One follows the tracks inland from the Bay of Islands towards the Hokianga in the Northern Wars; it reveals the web of Te Rauparaha's influence radiating out from Kapiti to Port Nicholson and across Cook Strait to the Wairau; it takes us inside the barracks and ramparts of the colony's new towns; and concludes as the brewing unrest around Waitara in Taranaki explodes into war. Through the maps, we meet the people: Hone Heke and FitzRoy, Te Rangitake and Pratt, warriors and missionaries; and we go where they went: from the flagpole at Kororareka to Kawiti's pa at Ruapekapeka, up the Hutt River to Boulcott's farm, across Taranaki from Waitara to Kaitake pa. Through both tangata and whenua we understand the conflicts and their consequences anew. Based on thirty years of research, the Atlas of the New Zealand Wars reveals a complex series of challenges and misunderstandings, skirmishes and negotiations, battles and wars that have profoundly shaped the lives of Maori and Pakeha on these islands ever since."-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Early engagements 1834 & 1838

The military and the new colony 1840-1843

Conflict at the Wairau 1843

War in the North 1845-1845

Auckland defences 1845-1860

Wellington, Whanganui and Akaroa

defences and conflict 1840-1848

Settlement, conflict and the first Taranaki War 1840-1861

The second Taranaki War 1863-1864.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-373) and index.

ISBN:

9781776711291

1776711297

OCLC:

1517867918